Articles by farmincity

As an urban farmer I decided to add ducks to my backyard organic garden design. My design called for the use of all salvaged and re-purposed materials to complete my envisioned garden/duck yard combination. Reduce-Reuse-Recycle I followed permaculture principles in designing my garden/duck...

I have been very successful in keeping ducks in my garden while many tried and failed. In my opinion one reason is I practice a permaculture non till garden method. So my garden has a deep straw and leave mulch. I do not think ducks could be near as successfully kept in a bare dirt plowed...